I have not read Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel Never Let Me Go, but I had zero idea that it was about clones. Hopefully that’s not some kind of twist or spoiler, since the trailer for the film adaptation more or less spells out that the characters are clones who are being harvested for spare parts. At least that’s what it looks like to this old feller who has seen his share of clone stories.
The adaptation is from Mark Romanek, and it looks moody and evocative and very beautiful. Can’t wait to see the whole thing for myself. Now begins the eternal film nerd conundrum – should I go read the book first?
Thanks to the many readers and Tweeters who brought this to my attention.
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YAWN. This looks incredibly droll and English. And the blurb "From the Author of Remains of the Day" does very little to sway me
Is this the boring indie version of the Island, which was itself a bombastic brainless adaptation of Parts: the Clonus Horror?
It's kind of a spoiler for the book – it's a slow build with lots of little teases before the final reveal; can be puzzled out farily easily, but still – but without the writing there's not much to sell a movie if you conceal the premise.
Read the book. It is haunting and beautiful.
I had no idea it was about cloning?!?!
The book is absolutely fucking wonderful. I am not a big fan of Knightley, but i think she might actually be good for the part she has in this. You don't find out about them being clones in the book till about halfway through, but to be honest, it isn't really built on that twist of such, it is more to do with the characters and their connections and conclusions. Again, awesome book.
Can't wait for the "Babe the Transgenic Pig" movie!
This does indeed look like a droll, English Oscar-bait version of The Island. Give me Bay and Johansson's rack any day over this self-important faux-indie droning.
I thought it looked quite good actually, and I think it will be very interesting to watch a proper intelligent scifi film which looks like an oscar winning merchant ivory movie! Oh, and that redheaded Irish chap you see in the trailer, ordering 5 cokes, is Brendan Gleeson's son, Domhnall.
At the 2 minute mark: "Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaah! Aaaaah!"
Awesome. Nothing says 'dramatic' more than an extended Aaaaah! scene. More movies should have such Aaaaaah! scenes.
What, no mention that the screenplay was written by Alex Garland(The Beach, 28 Days Later, Sunshine)?
Yeah. That was a spoiler. I had no idea. Never read the book, never heard anything about it. Maybe next time post a spoiler warning if you think it might be a spoiler at all?
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